Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

Most successful business plans entail launching a new product, service, or distribution outlet that attacks existing market competitors on what military planners would term an exposed flank. A smart commander will mass forces against this flank, just as an astute business leader will pour resources into their flanking effort.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Development Team Review Differentiation Leadership 80

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? I would caution any founder that finding and being successful with equity-only developers is tough. Was it a case of needing Homework? It can be done, but it’s hard.

Technical Cofounder 241

Technical Cofounder CTO Hire Equity Sweat Equity 241

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment. third party to vet or manage&# your development team.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

A Word on Strategy Every good business begins with a solid understanding of the proposition and business plan - in short, your strategy. Its worth reading Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule of Powerpoint ; it’ll provide you with an idea of what should be included in your business plan and strategy.

Web 40

Web AJAX Software Review Development Team Review 40

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

http:www.chatmag.com Pete Carr Great overview of one of the hardest aspects of any business. I like the mention of IRC, and would recommend Freenode as the best overall tech-oriented network. He said that you need a reliable business plan, six months of cash on hand, and cheap labor. Sunil Very useful post, thanks.

Cofounder 66

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

In the model above, this was set to 10 deals per year per team. Lessons Learned – Business Planning Stage My advice to entrepreneurs working on a new business plan is to build a model similar to those above to estimate the cost of customer acquisition. We don't have a great product yet.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Big things, like obscuring the networking stack under so many countless layers of abstraction that it’s virtually impossible to even imagine what bytes are actually going over the wire.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107